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  • Just a consideration to add to the others, but you may want to consider some neck stretching and exercises. Tension in the first two or three cervical vertebrae can cause migraines.

    Added bonuses include that this option is free, it takes up very little time, it can be done almost anywhere, plus it'll help you hold up that big ole brain a lot better in the future!

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  • Non-smoker/drinker, formerly very physically fit person weighing in. In the five or so years surrounding 40, everything suddenly fell apart. Knees would ache after pickup games. I picked up an empty suitcase and slipped a disc. Shoulder started feeling sandy. Hands got arthritic.

    It snuck up on me until one day I realized that I couldn't remember what it was to not have something hurting. I hate to say that I could easily wish it on my worst enemies, but not the average person going about their business.

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  • That feels like it would be very open to abuse: OP can edit the post later to read:

    "Upvote and comment to show your respect for the Proud Boys who are staying strong! The government has become our Yoko Ono!"

    Then readers will all wonder if this is new code talk and be surprised by the votes and engagement.

  • It's not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore
  • Yeah the way you describe it makes it sound like we could build an AI forum where each user is the only one in there and all the rest are ai bots whose only purpose is to generate the content and interaction we're looking for.

    I think Reddit is just the beta version.

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  • Biden could announce tomorrow that he has a proven plan that will end world hunger forever

    I can't figure out what my uncle would say but I feel sure it would be something like:

    "That's actually the Trump Plan he's talking about and it would absolutely do what he was saying about it,, but Biden's gonna put some sorta socialism spin on it and really mess us up. Ain't nothing to do with socialism that's ever done one thing to benefit the country. Oop! There's the time and I've got to get. Gotta hit the interstate and get by the bank to cash my social security check on my way to the VA."

  • CNN Poll: Percentage of Republicans who think Biden's 2020 win was illegitimate ticks back up near 70%
  • If your "we" is Democrats, then you may want to think twice before running head long into battle. Gun ownership among Republicans outnumbers Democrats more than two to one. That figure is per person and not a gun count per household, which is much higher with 2/3 of the gun-owning population owning more than one gun.

    The only way you'll win is by persuading the swing vote as Independent gun ownership is almost as high as the Republicans. But you probably won't get all the Independents because a lot of them are right-leaning.

    All that is to say that while I don't expect us to ever get in a combative civil war, and I hope we don't, I also think it's in everyone's best interests if no one is thirsty for one either.

    Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/06/22/the-demographics-of-gun-ownership/

  • What is an item below 100 bucks that everyone should own?
  • I've replaced a couple dozen. When I started out, all I had to do was buy a cheap (but reliable) multimeter and spend a half hour or so watching YouTube vids on how to test those kinds of capacitors.

    They can be deadly dangerous if you don't take precautions. It takes very little skill to replace, but the power to the compressor needs to be cut and the Fan and Herm terminals do need to be grounded/discharged to the common post before handling.

    It's still a very basic repair, though, and even in the +100° temps we've had here, it was worth the effort and only takes about ten minutes to remove, five to test, and five to replace and close it all up.

  • What is an item below 100 bucks that everyone should own?
  • Samw happened to me on Thursday. I was (figuratively) shocked when I bought the capacitor, though. I bought the same one for another unit back in 2021 and it was $11. This one was $32. Same brand. Same supplier. It felt criminal but it was better than hiring it out and being put on a two-week waiting list!

  • What is an item below 100 bucks that everyone should own?
  • I've owned a manual for every car I've owned for the past twenty-five years and keep an OBDII scanner in all of our vehicles. General curiosity and concern for being broke down at an inopportune time makes it seem like a no-brainer. I have also made most of the repairs on my vehicle thanks to Haynes (and YouTube).

    But then I have friends that couldn't jump start if life depended on it. Seriously. They connected the cables to two random pieces of metal in the engine compartment and fried the whole computer and electrical sub systems. Over $12K in damage.

    They don't get a manual and they don't want it. Even if you're well off enough to pay for towing and hire out repairs, it absolutely blows my mind to think people wouldn't want that security.

  • Joe Rogan Says It’s a ‘Fact’ That Jan. 6 Was a False Flag, Cites Ray Epps
  • Oration is a personal interest I have. (See username) I'm not great at it, but it is an interest.

    I think you're correct on all accounts. I've listened to a few of his clips, but I wouldn't call myself a fan or even a listener. His cadence is often casual but slows a bit when he wants to stress a point. He likes storytelling. If he speaks about things that are universally frustrating, you can feel his speech begin to clip faster and his voice raise. Good intonations. And he seems good at having something to talk about and staying on task.

    Good and bad people can be fantastic storytellers. I don't know enough about him to make a judgement on his character, but I think he's a good communicator.

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  • Thank you for saying this! The Linux virtue signaling is so strong around here that it really is off putting. Like, we get it. You're a super duper computer person that's super duper smart and has made the smartest of smart choices in your OS.

  • Meta Threads engagement has dropped 50% in a week
  • I haven't, but thats actually surprising. Back in 2001 someone had my name for their Yahoo email (it's an unusual but common one) and decided then that I wouldn't let it happen again.

    For the next few years, I would immediately register for everything that looked like I would use it.

    Got a good Hotmail in the 90s. But later on I would register for every little thing like Hushmail. Shushmail. Then MySpace. The best, though, was when I managed to get an invite in late 2007 for a little email service provider that was called Gmail.

    Suck it every other variation of RhetoricalOrator@gmail.com!

    (Not my actual email.)

  • I really thought I would have more free time now that I'm off reddit
  • " I feel like this is where people who can, and actually do, read and understand everything before responding are hanging out."

    Don't worry, me and other new users will get that corrected ASAP!

    But for real, the users and vibe here seem far less caustic and I'm enjoying it. It's been a nice journey recognizing that I want hooked on Reddit because of content so much as because of the dopamine hit I got from endlessly scrolling through a lot of low effort content.

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